A forum to celebrate the American watch making tradition both old and new.
I have been thinking about this thread for a long time and wanted to wait until we had a nice little group of people in this Forum. It is...
I am addicted to vintage watch ads! The nostalgic look and catchy slogans touted the incredible attributes and innovations of the day! A watch...
A PHOTO TOUR OF THE NAWCC MUSEUM By: John B. Holbrook, II 10/30/09 The National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors Museum (a kind sponsor...
There was a time when watchmaking was an important and very large business here in America. These factories were tremendous and they employed...
A PHOTO TOUR OF RGM WATCHES By: John B. Holbrook, II & Dennis Kanagie 10/30/09 After having spent the morning of October 30th touring the NAWCC...
Hamilton Watch Forum member and vintage Hamilton collector Tom Diss (Vintagehamiltons) has been generous enough to share pictures and descriptions of...
I am PROUD to say, we have lots of Patron Members here at the American Forum and I just want to say that this is a TOTALLY VOLUNTEER group of ...
Hi Gang, This is a Master link to all the Illinois watches featured in the collection... "One Stop Shopping," if you will! This will be expanded...
I was on a bit of a binge lately buying anything I could find and I made some dumb purchases. I hope to redeem myself with the most significant watch...
Last time I was in (about 2 weeks ago) I espied this Waltham tank and asked about it. It's in a 10K gf relatively large case (seems about the...
You just don't see that many black dialed vintage American watches out there, especially ones that are in good shape. I'm not sure why black was not...
Hey guys I wanted to share two things with you.
I purchased this Illinois pocketwatch because I liked the way it looked and it was in dire need of care that it was unlikely to get if I had not...
Ok Gang here is a REAL treat... The Wildly popular, highly sought after, and sometimes impossible to find... 1928 Illinois Marquis! This...
I am completely new to vintage watches (and really new to mechanical watches in general). I bought the Donald de Carle book "Practical Watch...
So I am back home in WI for a wedding in the family and have been catching up with parents and relatives and all that bit. My father brought out a...
Here are 2 really nice Swiss cased Gruens...both in 18KWG. Both are 17J Caliber 119 movements. The one with the black dial has the ultra rare gold...
This is a nice 18KWG Cushion case with a 17J 610 movement.......Case is in mint condition. I have now posted 4 rare Gruens purchased over the last 6...
A question for the experts. Does someone know what model this little Gruen veri-thin may be and when it was made? I would guess it's from the...
This one is really nice........14K Green Gold. Very early model pre 1920 I believe. All original!!! 15J cal. 91 movement. Looks great and runs...
WTF, I received a high grade Elgin movement today in the mail with a very odd serial number, 17596310. The Elgin database states that this is size...
Ok... with all the new "Finds" happening in the American, (I am SO proud of you guys/gals!!!) I thought it appropriate to start a thread called...
From the news today: Phillies starter Roy Halladay presented each of his teammates with a Baume and Mercier watch to commemorate his May 29...
I am glad to see some ladies' watches being posted. As I may have mentioned, my wristwatch interests include Waltham's ladies watches, primarily...
Inspired by Valtyr and being a friend of RJ, I was inspired tonight to post my first Ladies Illinois! (Yes they made Ladies too, guys!) They...
Since my Waltham isn't American made I tried again. This time with some very excellent help (thank you to you know who on the actual page). I...
I just saw Dennis's (ulackfocus) new pick-up from the seventies, a beautiful Longines Olympian and I thought, hey, let's see some heavy American iron...
Just won this Elgin in an e-bay auction and it just arrived. I don't know the model name or number. But the stepped bezel reminded me a little of...
Well I just ticked off a few boxes on my scorecard! Vintage? Check! American? Check! (at least I think so...) Both firsts for me. After...
Anyone recognise this pocket watch? I've taken the front and back off and you can see on one of the photos there is a small lever that pulls out of...
In my never ending quest for all things cool and horological... I wanted to show the gang these: Vintage Stock Certificates from the old...
The story ends here: http://www.watchtalkforums.info/forums/beginners-watch-forum/43070.htm#post390775 and started here: Did Waltham Make a...
Well here at the American Forum a wrist shot isn't just a wrist shot. Match your favorite American Watch with your favorite American (fill in the...
Hi. I have just purchased a 1970s Mans Rolled Gold LED watch, it has no makers name on it anywhere, however it does have a small logo and " base...
...With my latest purchase. 1970's Waltham dive watch! It might be my favorite watch ever. ~40 years old and in perfect condition. More...
Hi everyone! Today I bought a 1964 Bulova 23 Jewel automatic. Found it at a pawn shop for 56 dollars. I consider this a real deal. It is in great...
Gruen was started with American cased best German movements from Assmann. Dietrich was trained by him, Lange and educator Grossman the originators of...
Can anbody tell me more about Waltham Watches? I've been looking on the Bay and I've seen some pretty nice looking Gold Waltham watches at reasonable...
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